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Diamond A Ranch Estates, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95476. The Survey maps it on the Glen Ellen quadrangle.

Diamond A Ranch Estates within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Diamond A Ranch Estates, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Diamond A Ranch Estates, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

341 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Diamond A Ranch Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 581 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use142
Missing data/not specified/undetermined123
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Smoking7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGROVE
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARCELONA
7 September 1992Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
6 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Diamond A Ranch Estates: 15 past producers, 11 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Diatomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Hillside QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stage Gulch Quarry , Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
FelderDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
FelderDiatomitePast Producer
Richter DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Richter DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Cannon QuarryStoneProducer
Cannon QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sonoma Vista1.9 miles22
El Verano2.9 miles23
Madrone (historical)3.3 miles22
Fetters Hot Springs3.3 miles23
Agua Caliente3.3 miles23
Yulupa (historical)3.3 miles22
Boyes Hot Springs3.4 miles23
Eldridge3.6 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122541911The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1799671. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.